An Arizona man received a 50-year prison sentence Friday after he admitted stabbing a teen and cutting her throat during a savage sexual assault.

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Quinton Stratton, 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

When deputies responded to a report of a stabbing at a Monks Grove Road home on Feb. 27, 2010, they found the partially clothed 18-year-old victim inside with a large laceration to the right side of her neck, a stab wound to the left side of the neck and a stab wound to the left chest.

The victim identified Stratton as her attacker before she was rushed to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for emergency surgery. One of the neck wounds was so deep it cut the teen’s esophagus.

Two people inside the home told deputies Stratton beat on their bedroom door and told them he thought he had killed the victim and he needed help disposing the body.

One of the witnesses took the knife from the defendant before he fled.

Deputies caught Stratton on Asheville Highway a short time later.

The day after her surgery, the victim described the sexual assault to deputies. She said she had fallen asleep on a couch and awoke to find Stratton on top of her.

Stratton told deputies he sexually assaulted her because she disrespected one of his friends.

“Justice was served today,” Assistant Solicitor Susan Reese said. “The victim currently lives out of the state and I was pleased to share the good news with her in a telephone call.”

Stratton has been incarcerated since his arrest in 2010. He must serve 80 percent of his prison sentence before he is eligible for release. He will also have his name added to the Sex Offender Registry.